Why not a single continous lane from southbound Colorado Blvd. to westbound Hampden (US-285)?
Traffic would continue around the curve and westbound unhalted.

Instead, they create TWO right turn lanes and install expensive traffic signals whose right turn arrows are red most of the time.Now, right turns are most often held up.
And right turns on red are prohibited!

Even when SB Colorado Blvd through-traffic has a green signal, southbound right turns are prohibited from turning!!!

Sometimes, the halted righturns in the left lane of the two right turn lanes back up and block the southbound through-vehicles on Colorado Blvd.

An e-mail to to the traffic department asking why such an expensive and absurd design remains unanswered.
Methinks they cannot 'splain this moronic mistake.

I am delighted that people turning from SB Colorado onto WB Hampden now have to sit and wait their damn turn. I can't tell you how many times I have almost been struck by some clown sailing around that corner directly into my lane without bothering to turn his head to see if he has the right-of-way or not.

How would they incorporate a continuous lane without shutting down a westbound lane east of Colorado or digging into the golf course property to add another lane?

NativeD wrote:I am delighted that people turning from SB Colorado onto WB Hampden now have to sit and wait their damn turn. I can't tell you how many times I have almost been struck by some clown sailing around that corner directly into my lane without bothering to turn his head to see if he has the right-of-way or not.How would they incorporate a continuous lane without shutting down a westbound lane east of Colorado or digging into the golf course property to add another lane?

Good point!
I too have almost been hit by idiots not yielding obvious right-of-way to Hampden thru-traffic.
Most appeared to be Mexican drivers. (As a driver instructor, I know excellent Mexican drivers.)

That short westbound Hampden lane #3 (far right lane) just before the traffic signal at Colorado Boulevard, should be made into a Right Turn Only Lane. Few westbound thru-vehicles use it.

The southbound Colorado Blvd. idiots who come sailing around that corner continue in their own lane, not cutting into a westbound thru-lane. So they need not slow and yield right-of-way.

Also, if two WB Hampden Lane #3 vehicles are stopped at the signal, they needlessly block right turns onto northbound Colorado Blvd., wasting fuel and making pollution.

Most important, all the southbound Colorado Blvd. right turn vehicles now halted would be able to proceed unimpeded, saving all of their gas and pollution.

-Much better traffic flow for everyone
-No vehicles needlessly held up
-No vehicles merging into a thru-lane
-No need to have cut into the golf course and construct an expensive extra lane and install additional expensive signals.

Denver traffic engineering advised that that ridiculous design was created by the State of Colorado.I asked to whom I should write. Am still awaiting an answer.

go to CDOT's website, http://www.dot.state.co.us and look for their contact form. I've sent in quite a few suggestions and comments (positive as well...yes, saying positive things is still legal) and they typically respond within 2-4 days.